diff --git a/META b/META
index 615008960d..fbada64ef1 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Meta:         1
 Name:         zfs
 Branch:       1.0
-Version:      0.7.8
+Version:      0.7.9
 Release:      1
 Release-Tags: relext
 License:      CDDL
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in
index 9db8e370a9..a36786818a 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs-kmod.spec.in
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ chmod u+x ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{kmodinstdir_prefix}/*/extra/*/*/*
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 08 2018 Tony Hutter <hutter2@llnl.gov> - 0.7.9-1
+- Released 0.7.9-1, detailed release notes are available at:
+- https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-0.7.9
 * Mon Apr 09 2018 Tony Hutter <hutter2@llnl.gov> - 0.7.8-1
 - Released 0.7.8-1, detailed release notes are available at:
 - https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-0.7.8
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index 4b5948f1ee..5b89db021f 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 08 2018 Tony Hutter <hutter2@llnl.gov> - 0.7.9-1
+- Released 0.7.9-1, detailed release notes are available at:
+- https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-0.7.9
 * Mon Apr 09 2018 Tony Hutter <hutter2@llnl.gov> - 0.7.8-1
 - Released 0.7.8-1, detailed release notes are available at:
 - https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-0.7.8